Procurement Officer, Publishing Industry (IPT-PI-SU-2025-6-GRAP)
Join CERN as a Procurement Officer focused on scholarly publishing services.
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Overview
Join CERN as a Procurement Officer focused on scholarly publishing services.
You have:
- Master's degree with 2 to 6 years of post-graduation professional experience or PhD with no more than 3 years of post-graduation professional experience.
- Nationality of a CERN Member or Associate Member State required.
- Must have never had a CERN fellow or graduate contract before.
Contract
This is a Entry Level contract. More about Entry Level contracts.
Job Description
Your responsibilities
Are you a Procurement Officer looking for an exciting opportunity to work on the procurement of scholarly publishing services in an international environment? Are you a creative thinker and a problem solver, excited by the idea of building new strategies to help promote open science? Are you a strong communicator, with some experience negotiating in ambiguous situations? If so, we invite you to take part in the activities related to CERN procurement and contribute to our mission.
You will join the Procurement and Industrial Services Group (PI), which is responsible for procuring all supplies and services for the Organization, ensuring that the specified and contractual technical, delivery and performance requirements are met at the lowest possible overall cost whilst achieving balanced industrial returns for CERN Member States and respecting CERN Procurement Rules. You will work on a range of topics with a focus on procurement and contracts for scholarly publishing services.
Your profile
Skills
- Defining procurement strategies;
- Drafting of commercial documents for a supply or a service contract;
- Sourcing new suppliers;
- Communication and negotiation;
- Managing and following up commercial aspects of contracts, including critical examination and detailed analysis of commercial offers.
Eligibility criteria:
- You are a national of a CERN Member or Associate Member State.
- You have a professional background in Master's degree in technical field (or a related field) and have either:
- a Master's degree with 2 to 6 years of post-graduation professional experience;
- or a PhD with no more than 3 years of post-graduation professional experience.
- You have never had a CERN fellow or graduate contract before.
Additional Information
Job closing date: 10 February 2025 at 23:59 PM (midnight) CET.
Contract duration: 24 months, with a possible extension up to 36 months maximum.
Working hours: 40 hours per week
Target start date: 01-May-2025
Job reference: IPT-PI-SU-2025-6-GRAP
Field of work: Support Services (Finance, HR, Legal, Procurement)
Benchmark job: 5A0090 - Procurement Professional
What we offer
- A monthly stipend ranging between 6287 and 6911 Swiss Francs per month (net of tax).
- Coverage by CERN's comprehensive health scheme (for yourself, your spouse and children), and membership of the CERN Pension Fund.
- Depending on your individual circumstances: installation grant; family, child and infant allowances; payment of travel expenses at the beginning and end of contract.
- 30 days of paid leave per year.
- On-the-job and formal training at CERN as well as in-house language courses for English and/or French.
About us
At CERN, the European Organization for Nuclear Research, physicists and engineers are probing the fundamental structure of the universe. Using the world's largest and most complex scientific instruments, they study the basic constituents of matter - fundamental particles that are made to collide together at close to the speed of light. The process gives physicists clues about how particles interact, and provides insights into the fundamental laws of nature. Find out more on http://home.cern.
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Potential interview questions
| Can you describe a time when you had to develop a procurement strategy from scratch? | This question assesses your strategic thinking and problem-solving abilities in procurement. | Provide a specific example of the challenges faced and the approach you took to overcome them. |
| How do you approach communication and negotiation in ambiguous situations? | The interviewer wants to understand your approach to managing complexity and uncertainty in negotiations. | Pro members can see the explanation. |
| What steps do you take when drafting commercial documents for contracts? | Pro members can see the explanation. | Pro members can see the explanation. |
| Describe your experience with sourcing new suppliers. What criteria do you prioritize? | Pro members can see the explanation. | Pro members can see the explanation. |
| Can you give an example of a challenging negotiation you were involved in? What was the outcome? | Pro members can see the explanation. | Pro members can see the explanation. |
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